Country star Merle Haggard has sued an environmental awareness group, claiming it illegally used his name and likeness to raise money. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Chancery Court against the Green Train, a Nashville-based organization, and its founder, Robert K. Wolf. It seeks unspecified compensatory damages. more

"Lily Allen would like to state unequivocally that she does not condone illegal drug use and has every sympathy with individuals and families whose lives have been blighted by drugs." more

Live Nation Ticketing is live. The bulk of the world's largest promoter's 10-year contract with Ticketmaster has expired and the company has now launched its in-house ticketing company. [Wonder if they'll follow Ticketbastard's example and spam customers and ignore remove requests in violation of Federal law while they wait for the inevitable class action lawsuit to be launched against them? ] more

Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover issued the following update: 'So now it is official, we have started to record our 12th record yesterday. more

Testament will play their classic first two albums � "The Legacy" and "The New World Order" � for one night only at Islington Academy in London, England on March 25.more

Pharrell Williams has stepped forward and offered to produce the new Lindsay Lohan album. From release dates mentioned last year, the actress should have already recorded and dropped her third album by now, but has recently confessed to not being ready. more

Two Tongues, the new band featuring Max Bemis and Coby Linder of Say Anything along with Chris Conley and David Soloway of Saves The Day, have Posted "If I Could Make You Do Things" on Pure Volume. The track is from their self-titled debut that is due out February 3 on Vagrant. check it out

Attn Crackberry Slackers: Slacker, Inc. today announced the availability of the free Slacker Mobile application for BlackBerry. BlackBerry smartphone users can now hear their favorite Slacker radio stations wherever they go, whether they are connected to a wireless network or not; a Slacker Mobile feature exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones. The application, which is compatible with BlackBerry; Device Software version 4.3 and higher is available as a free download by visiting Slacker.com from your BlackBerry smartphone.

Jamey Johnson has been confirmed to perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday, February 5th.

Have five minutes to waste that you'll never want back? This one is for you: Forget Britney. An army of personal trainers and personal chefs got her back in music video shape. Instead, Saint Bernadette presents you with a video pep talk guaranteed to keep you on your resolutions this new year. Set to a live mash up of two of the 80s best self-improvement anthems, watch members of Saint B and a crew of their friends go from flabby to fabulous, from two-left feet to double knee slides, ending up in a final production number worthy of Bob Fosse. more

The assets of Death Row Records, once the thriving home to artists such as Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, are going back on the auction block Jan. 15 as part of a Chapter 11 proceeding.more

The 17th annual Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco has announced a few artist additions to their growing lineup. Bob Mould of Husker Du recently signed on to the week-long fest as well as The Ohsees, Thao, Sleepy Sun, Ra Ra Riot, and From Monument to Masses.more

Carrie Underwood was a big winner at the People's Choice Awards last at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, picking up favorite female singer, country song for "Last Name," and star under 35 years old. more

Wolves in the Throne Room will be touring Europe in January and February of 2009. This tour will be in support of 'Malevolent Grain' e.p. which is being released by Conspiracy Records as a limited edition picture disc more

If you thought auto-tune opened the door to untalented hacks. Get a hold of this little tid bit from Billboard: " Microsoft unveiled the Songsmith software package, an application that automatically generates a musical accompaniment to whatever songs the users sings." The only silver lining is the fact it comes from Microsoft so it probably doesn't work that well.

Seems Devildriver has made another deal with the devil. Devildriver, the group fronted by former Coal Chamber singer Dez Fafara, has re-signed with Roadrunner Records after previously issuing three [poorly promoted] full-length albums through the label. more

Guitarist Jonas Khalil has left the German death metal band Disbelief. He explained in a statement, "We decided to part ways due to problems regarding our schedules. As a professional (classical) musician, I cannot allow myself to focus only on one project but instead have to be able to do any projects more

A outdoor music festival that drew more than 40,000 people to a site north of Vancouver last year has been cancelled for this summer. The three-day Pemberton Music Festival debuted in a mountain valley with acts like Tom Petty, Jay-Z and Coldplay. - more

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